Richard Stukeley, MP, King's Esquire

• STYUECLE, Richard (d.1440/1), of Merston and Chewton Mendip, Som.
• Family and Education
• m. between Nov. 1396 and Jan. 1398, Elizabeth (c.1372-10 Apr. 1414), da. and h. of John Fitzroger of Chewton and Merston, wid. of John (d.v.p. 1396), 1st. s. of Sir William Bonville I* (d.1408) of Shute, Devon, at least 2s. 1da.
• Offices Held
  • Commr. of inquiry, Suss. Feb. 1398 (diversion of a watercourse), Kent, Suss. Dec. 1406, May 1407 (shipwrecked goods), Som. Aug. 1409 (concealments), July 1411 (suicide), Bristol July 1411 (wastes, hospital of St. John the Baptist), [?Som. Sept. 1439 (concealments)]; array, Suss. Aug., Sept. 1403, Surr., Suss. Apr. 1418; to supervise musters of the duke of Exeter’s army, Southampton Mar. 1418.
  • Collector of customs and subsidies, Chichester 11 Feb. 1412-12 Apr. 1413.
• Escheator, Som. and Dorset 3 Nov. 1412-10 Nov. 1413.
• J.p. Suss. 8 Apr. 1416-Mar. 1419.
• It is just possible that Richard came from the important Huntingdonshire family of Styuecle, but his earliest recorded connexions were with Essex. In 1396 he was granted by Richard II an annuity of £15 to be taken for life from the manor of Ridgewell in that county, and it was with the designation as ‘of Essex’ that in the following year he twice provided securities at the Exchequer. At the royal court he came into contact with Roger Walden, the treasurer and archbishop, who asked him to assist him and his brother, John Walden*, in the various transactions necessary for their purchase of ‘Pembroke manor’ in Tottenham.1 The life of this obscure ‘King’s esquire’ was changed dramatically in about 1397 by his marriage to the widowed Elizabeth Bonville, heiress to the widespread Fitzroger estates in six counties, which included the lucrative manors of Chewton (worth at least £40 a year) and Merston (worth some 40 marks). No single valuation of the whole of this inheritance has survived, but from separate assessments of its parts it may be safely asserted that the annual revenues exceeded £105. Styuecle had been made a wealthy man. For a while he and his wife lived mainly in the diocese of London, but after the end of the reign they seem to have divided their time between her principal manors in Somerset and Sussex.2
• Styuecle’s royal annuity was confirmed by Henry IV in October 1399, but he is not recorded as a member of the royal household subsequently. Often resident in Sussex, he there made the acquaintance of Sir William Percy*, the sometime retainer of Richard, earl of Arundel, and in 1406 he witnessed an important transaction at Arundel castle on behalf of the new earl, Thomas. His public service on royal commissions was divided between Sussex and Somerset, and at the end of the reign he was holding simultaneously the posts of customer at Chichester and escheator of Somerset and Dorset.3 Having been made a person of some social consequence as an outcome of his marriage, he was asked in 1413 to take on the feoffeeship of the west country estates of William, Lord Botreaux, and he later acted similarly elsewhere on behalf of Thomas, Lord Camoys. Although his annuity had received confirmation from Henry V, he is not known to have participated in the royal campaigns in France. His parliamentary service was compressed into little more than two years, following which, in 1419, his appointments to royal commissions, including those of the peace in Sussex, ceased abruptly.4
• The reason for this sudden eclipse probably lies in Styuecle’s loss of control over the Fitzroger estates. In 1410 he and his wife had completed transactions whereby the whole of her inheritance, with the exception of Chewton and her moiety of West Kington (Wiltshire), was settled on them jointly with remainder to their children. The effect of this entail had been that on Elizabeth Styuecle’s death in 1414 her husband had been permitted to retain these particular estates for life, with reversion to their son, Roger; furthermore, the Crown had conceded that he was also entitled to hold all the excepted properties ‘by the courtesy’ until his death, thus confirming that Elizabeth’s first-born son, Sir William Bonville II*, was to be dispossessed of his maternal inheritance. Not surprisingly, the reaction of this already wealthy and influential young man was to bring suits in the court of common pleas against his stepfather to oust him from the Fitzroger estates; and in 1421 and 1422 judgements were given in his favour.5 In all probability, Styuecle was left with little more than some property at Merston—for it was as ‘of Merston, gentleman’ that he stood surety in 1425 for the prior of Bruton (Somerset). Yet he was by no means impoverished, for he continued to receive his annuity from the Crown. Indeed, that he was financially sound is clear from the frequency with which he was asked to act as a mainpernor. Thus, in 1426 he provided securities at the Exchequer for Sir Richard Stafford†; in 1434 he stood surety under pain of £500 that Lord Botreaux, his associate of long standing, would keep the peace; and in 1436 he found bail in £600 for Sir Edward Stradling’s appearance before the barons of the Exchequer.6 Styuecle may have served on one last royal commission in Somerset in 1439,7 but he died shortly before 28 Nov. 1441. His line continued at Afton in Devon through the marriage of his younger son, Hugh (d.1457), to an heiress.8
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/st... ________________________________

Richard Stukeley of Trent was of Ridgewell in Essex. He was King's Esquire.

Richard married Elizabeth FitzRoger, daughter of Lord of Chewton John FitzRoger and Alice (?), after 1396 in Chewton, Somerset. He and Elizabeth made settlement of the manor of Merston in 1410 in Sussex. They made settlement of the manor of Great Glen in 1410 in Leicestershire,.

Richard was escheator of Somerset and Dorset in 1412/13. He was of Trent before 1420 in Somersetshire.

He died after 1420 in England.

See "My Lines"

( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p429.htm#i23323 )

from Compiler: R. B. Stewart, Evans, GA

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Last name aka 'Stuckley'. King's Esquire of Ridgewell, Essex, England & Escheator of the shires of Somerset & Dorset, England.

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• 'Stukeley1'
• It appears to us that the name of this family varied more than most. Nevertheless, BP1934 uses "Stucley" throughout whilst Vivian mainly uses Stewkley for the early generations but moves to "Stucley" for the later generations of most of its branches. When we first prepared this page we used "Stukeley" as that was probably the most common version used in references to the family from elsewhere. This page was reviewed in July 2012 using Vivian. At that time we considered renaming the page "Stucley1" but decided to retain it as above.
• Richard Stucley or Styvecle of Trent, Somerset (a 1414, to Somerset from Huntingdonshire?)
• m. Elizabeth (d 10/18.04.1414, dau of John FitzRoger of Chedworth, widow of John Bonvile)
  • 1. Roger Stucley or Styvecle (b c1398, a 1414)
  • 2. Hugh Stucley or Styvecle or Stewkley of Affeton, Sheriff of Devon (a 1448)
  • m. Katherine Affeton (d 26.03.1467, dau/heir of John Affeton of Affeton (by Elizabeth, coheir of Sir Roger Manningford of Dorset), m2. Sir William Bourchier of Fitzwaren)
    • A. Nicholas Stucley or Stucle or Stewkley of Affeton
    • m1. Thomasine Kokeworthy (d 29.11.1477, dau of John Kokeworthy or Cockeworthye of Yarnescombe, widow of Robert Chudleigh)
      • i. Sir Thomas Stucley or Stewkley of Affeton, Sheriff of Devon (b 24.06.1473, d 30.01.1542)
      • m. Anne or Elizabeth Wood (a 1542, dau/heir of Sir Thomas Wood of Clyffe)
        • a. Sir Hugh Stucley of Affeton (b c1495, d 06.01.1559)
        • m. Jane (not Philippa) Pollard (a 1559, dau of Sir Lewis Pollard of Great Grilleston)
          • (1) Lewis Stucley of Affeton (b c1528, d 01.12.1581)
          • m1. Dorothea or Anne Hill (dau of Sir Giles Hill, widow of Christopher Hadley)
            • (A) John Stucley of Affeton (b c1551, d 15.01.1610-1)
            • m1. Frances St. Leger (dau of Sir John St. Leger of Amery by Catherine, dau of George Nevill, Lord Abergavenny)
            • m2. (19.07.1597) Mary Redman (d 26.12.1648, dau of John Redman of Thornton)
            • (B) Scipio Stucley (vicar of Dean Prior) had issue
            • m. _ Weeks of Honichurch
            • (C) Hugh Stucley
          • m2. Janet Powlett of Dorset
            • (D) Lewis Stucley (cleric) had issue
            • m. Margery Arscott (dau of John Arscottt of Dunsland)
            • (E) Johanna Stucley
            • m. Anthony Pollard of Way
            • (F) Margaret Stucley
            • m. John Hays of Witheridge
          • (2) George Stewkley
          • (3) Thomas Stewkley or Stucley or Stukeley had issue
          • This is the Thomas who is thought by some to have been an illegimitate son of King Henry VIII.
          • m. _ Powlett
          • (4) Hugh Stewkley of Hartland had issue
          • (5) Amiss Stewkley
          • m. Frances Pollard (dau of Sir Richard Pollard of Horwood)
            • (A) Anthony Stewkley had issue
            • m. _ Clotworthy of Meshaw (widow of _ Oland)
            • (B) Sibill Stewkley
            • m. Bartholomew Clotworthy
            • (C) Joan Stewkley
            • m1. _ Crewys
            • m2. _ Wood of Morton
            • (D) Frances Stewkley
            • m. Philip Davy
            • (E) Polynora Stewkley
            • m. John Nott of Lapford
            • (F)+ other issue - Lewis, Damaris
          • (6) Anne Stewkley
          • m. William Bellew of Alverdiscott
          • (7) Mary Stucley
          • m1. Tristram Larder of Upton Pyne
          • m2. John Prideaux of Nutwell (b c1520, d 29.09.1558)
          • (8) Elizabeth Stewkley
          • An Elizabeth of this generation is shown as wife of Sir John Wadham of Edge but we suspect that this may be confusion with an earlier Elizabeth - see below.
          • (9) Agnes Stucley
          • m. John Giles of Bowden (bur 30.11.1606)
          • (10) Katherine Stewkley
          • m. John Carew of Bickleigh
          • (11) Awdrie Stucley
          • m1. William Yeo of Braunton
          • m2. (27.01.1562-3) Roger Giffard of Tiverton Castle (b 1533, d 08.10.1603)
        • b. Thomas Stewkley of Colridge (a 1542)
        • m. Alice Spurston of Cheshire
          • (1) Augustine Stewkley of Colridge had issue
          • (2) Anne Stewkley
          • m. John Copplestone of Engesford
        • c. Maurice Stewkley
        • m. Allice Ffaringdon (dau of Charles Ffaringdon)
          • (1) Edward Stewkley
        • d. Margery (Margaret) Stukeley
        • m. Charles Farringdon of Farringdon (b c1500)
        • e. Thomazin Stewkley
        • m1. John Beare of Hunsham (b c1494, d 05.06.1531)
        • m2. William Trewynard
        • f. other issue - Christopher, George
    • m2. Ann Pomeroy (d before 07.04.1526, dau of Edward Pomeroy of Berry Pomeroy, widow of Robert Budockshyde, m3. Thomas Dudley)
      • ii. William Stewkley of Kene, Devon (b c1480)
      • m. Joane Stowell (dau of John Stowell, sister of John of Codleston)
        • a. Christopher Stewkley
        • m. Mary Foorde (dau of Edward Foorde of Plimtree)
          • (1)+ issue - John of Farindon, Andrew of Warkleigh (had issue), Grace, Ann, Elizabeth, Mary
        • b. Mary Stewkley
        • m. Henry English
        • c. Ann Stewkley
        • m. William Anthony
        • d. Elizabeth Stewkley
        • m. Thomas Moore of Taunton
        • e. Katherine Stewkley
        • m. John Carew of Bickley
      • iii. Anne Stukeley
      • m. William Dennis of Orley
      • iv. Jane Stukeley
      • m. Philip Baynard of Lackham (b by 1471, d before 21.05.1522)
      • v. Elizabeth Stucley or Stukeley (d before 07.04.1526) apparently of this generation, of this marriage
      • m. (before 31.08.1512) Christopher Fleming, 8th Lord Slane (d 08.1517/8)
    • B. Alice Stukeley
    • m. Sir Thomas Beaumont of Gittisham
    • C. Elizabeth Stukeley probably of this generation
    • m. Sir John Wadham of Branscombe & Merifield (d 1502)
• Main source(s): Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, Stucley of Affeton), BP1934 (Stucley)
• From: Stirnet.com
• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ss4tz/stukeley1.php _____________________
• Links
• http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/bo...

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